Susan Portelance
@prairiescribe.bsky.social
Writer, Editor and Instructor. Lover of poochies, music, movies, canoes and the outdoors. Frequently found with a book and a cup of tea. Neurodivergent (She/her) Winnipeg/Treaty One Territory 🇨🇦
Today’s matching haul includes a black tea with fig and a fig cardamom jam.
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Today’s matching haul includes a black tea with fig and a fig cardamom jam.
Caught the Finger 11, Headstones and Tea Party show tonight. I’m up way too late on a Monday, but it was a great show.
December 2, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Caught the Finger 11, Headstones and Tea Party show tonight. I’m up way too late on a Monday, but it was a great show.
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🇨🇦 What’s the ultimate Canadian word? Earlier this year we told you about UBC scholars who had updated the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles. Now, you can help crown the Canadianism of the Year! Cast your vote: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Canadian English Dictionary: Word of the Year (CWOTY) 2025
The Society for Canadian English is choosing a 2025 word of the year from the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles. Have your say here.
The poll will close on December 5, 2025, 11:59 p...
docs.google.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
🇨🇦 What’s the ultimate Canadian word? Earlier this year we told you about UBC scholars who had updated the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles. Now, you can help crown the Canadianism of the Year! Cast your vote: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
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Absolute debasement of academic standards
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Absolute debasement of academic standards
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
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About to see some generationally funny discount mansions on Zillow in ~ 10 years
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
About to see some generationally funny discount mansions on Zillow in ~ 10 years
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It’s advent calendar day! I love advent calendars so much that I have 3: shortbread, jam and tea.
Today I have a chocolate chip shortbread cookie, blueberry & maple syrup jam and Christmas tea. I’ve probably started with my favourite jam, as I adore blueberries and maple syrup.
Today I have a chocolate chip shortbread cookie, blueberry & maple syrup jam and Christmas tea. I’ve probably started with my favourite jam, as I adore blueberries and maple syrup.
December 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It’s advent calendar day! I love advent calendars so much that I have 3: shortbread, jam and tea.
Today I have a chocolate chip shortbread cookie, blueberry & maple syrup jam and Christmas tea. I’ve probably started with my favourite jam, as I adore blueberries and maple syrup.
Today I have a chocolate chip shortbread cookie, blueberry & maple syrup jam and Christmas tea. I’ve probably started with my favourite jam, as I adore blueberries and maple syrup.
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Jelly Bean got to open his advent calendar today too!
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Jelly Bean got to open his advent calendar today too!
Jelly Bean got to open his advent calendar today too!
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Jelly Bean got to open his advent calendar today too!
It’s advent calendar day! I love advent calendars so much that I have 3: shortbread, jam and tea.
Today I have a chocolate chip shortbread cookie, blueberry & maple syrup jam and Christmas tea. I’ve probably started with my favourite jam, as I adore blueberries and maple syrup.
Today I have a chocolate chip shortbread cookie, blueberry & maple syrup jam and Christmas tea. I’ve probably started with my favourite jam, as I adore blueberries and maple syrup.
December 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It’s advent calendar day! I love advent calendars so much that I have 3: shortbread, jam and tea.
Today I have a chocolate chip shortbread cookie, blueberry & maple syrup jam and Christmas tea. I’ve probably started with my favourite jam, as I adore blueberries and maple syrup.
Today I have a chocolate chip shortbread cookie, blueberry & maple syrup jam and Christmas tea. I’ve probably started with my favourite jam, as I adore blueberries and maple syrup.
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Maybe AI is like Trump: no matter what, it’s worse than it appears
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Maybe AI is like Trump: no matter what, it’s worse than it appears
I had my final felting class tonight. I made a jellyfish Christmas ornament.
December 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I had my final felting class tonight. I made a jellyfish Christmas ornament.
Sunday night Christmas movie
December 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Sunday night Christmas movie
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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An animal sanctuary in the Okanagan had avian flu detected in some of their birds. In contrast to Universal Ostrich they complied with the CFIA rules, culling some of their animals and quarantining the rest. Today they have learned their flock of peacocks will not have to be culled
November 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
An animal sanctuary in the Okanagan had avian flu detected in some of their birds. In contrast to Universal Ostrich they complied with the CFIA rules, culling some of their animals and quarantining the rest. Today they have learned their flock of peacocks will not have to be culled
I made sugar plums! (And gingersnaps)
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I made sugar plums! (And gingersnaps)
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An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
You’ve been gone nine years.
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
You’ve been gone nine years.
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Okay. So the new gay hockey show Heated Rivalry from Crave that’s on HBO?
IT’S REALLY FUCKING FANTASTIC.
Not only is it basically a perfect page-to-screen adaptation, it is so raw and so subtle that it should win awards.
The chemistry between the leads, the quiet moments, it’s all incredible.
IT’S REALLY FUCKING FANTASTIC.
Not only is it basically a perfect page-to-screen adaptation, it is so raw and so subtle that it should win awards.
The chemistry between the leads, the quiet moments, it’s all incredible.
November 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Okay. So the new gay hockey show Heated Rivalry from Crave that’s on HBO?
IT’S REALLY FUCKING FANTASTIC.
Not only is it basically a perfect page-to-screen adaptation, it is so raw and so subtle that it should win awards.
The chemistry between the leads, the quiet moments, it’s all incredible.
IT’S REALLY FUCKING FANTASTIC.
Not only is it basically a perfect page-to-screen adaptation, it is so raw and so subtle that it should win awards.
The chemistry between the leads, the quiet moments, it’s all incredible.
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The irony is rich.
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The irony is rich.
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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When you like racism more than you like a functioning health service
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
The Royal College of GPs says the UK is losing doctors when they are needed most and called on the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, to change immigration rules
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
When you like racism more than you like a functioning health service
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
That’s one weird-ass grouping of curling rocks.
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
That’s one weird-ass grouping of curling rocks.
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If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers